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I’m a communications professional with 20+ years of experience shaping advancement, healthcare and nonprofit messaging across the US and UK. I turn complex ideas into clear, engaging content that drives donor engagement, strengthens brand reputation, and supports organizational growth. I’m known for fostering collaboration across diverse stakeholders and delivering compelling copy under tight deadlines. I run Write Like a Human Being, my freelance copy business, to help organizations drop the jargon and connect authentically with audiences.…I’m a communications professional with 20+ years of experience shaping advancement, healthcare and nonprofit messaging across the US and UK. I turn complex ideas into clear, engaging content that drives donor engagement, strengthens brand reputation, and supports organizational growth. I’m known for fostering collaboration across diverse stakeholders and delivering compelling copy under tight deadlines. I run Write Like a Human Being, my freelance copy business, to help organizations drop the jargon and connect authentically with audiences.

Ben Stephens

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I’m a communications professional with 20+ years of experience shaping advancement, healthcare and nonprofit messaging across the US and UK. I turn complex ideas into clear, engaging content that drives donor engagement, strengthens brand reputation, and supports organizational growth. I’m known for fostering collaboration across diverse stakeholders and delivering compelling copy under tight deadlines. I run Write Like a Human Being, my freelance copy business, to help organizations drop the jargon and connect authentically with audiences.…I’m a communications professional with 20+ years of experience shaping advancement, healthcare and nonprofit messaging across the US and UK. I turn complex ideas into clear, engaging content that drives donor engagement, strengthens brand reputation, and supports organizational growth. I’m known for fostering collaboration across diverse stakeholders and delivering compelling copy under tight deadlines. I run Write Like a Human Being, my freelance copy business, to help organizations drop the jargon and connect authentically with audiences.

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I’m a communications professional with 20+ years of experience shaping advancement, healthcare and nonprofit messaging across the US and UK. I turn complex ideas into clear, engaging content that drives donor engagement, strengthens brand reputation, and supports organizational growth. I’m known for fostering collaboration across diverse stakeholders and delivering compelling copy under tight deadlines. I run Write Like a Human Being, my freelance copy business, to help organizations drop the jargon and connect authentically with audiences.

Skills

Copywriting

Brand Identity

Presentation Design

Experience Level

Copywriting

Expert

Brand Identity

Expert

Presentation Design

Intermediate

Language

English

Fluent

Work Experience

Founder & Lead Writer at Write Like a Human Being

January 1, 2015 - Present

Provide strategic communications and copywriting services for nonprofits, universities, and healthcare organizations; help clients drop the jargon to connect authentically with audiences; manage multiple projects simultaneously—from donor campaigns to web content and brand messaging; develop content strategies that increased donor response rates and strengthened organizational storytelling.

Senior Writer & Editor, Development Marketing at UCLA

January 1, 2025 - October 23, 2025

Fostered a culture of philanthropy across campus by publicizing major gifts and their impact; wrote for health sciences, arts, athletics and humanities; produced donor proposals, impact reports, gift announcements, speeches, and digital campaigns for print and web; collaborated with senior leadership and faculty to craft donor-centered communications.

Copywriter and Content Specialist at ActionAid UK

January 1, 2023 - October 23, 2025

Crafted equity-centered storytelling to highlight ActionAid’s global work in poverty and human rights; wrote donor appeals, reports and digital campaigns that improved supporter engagement; partnered with program staff worldwide to produce accessible narratives about complex global issues.

Communications Officer at University of Brighton

January 1, 2017 - October 23, 2025

Developed content for university-wide initiatives, student engagement campaigns, and advancement marketing; strengthened alumni relations by producing impact stories and donor recognition materials.

Senior Copywriter at On Agency

January 1, 2015 - October 23, 2025

Managed multiple concurrent projects in a fast-paced, award-winning agency environment; produced creative copy for leading nonprofits including healthcare, international development, and animal welfare; wrote fundraising campaigns, donor communications and web content for clients including Blue Cross, Stroke Association, ABF: The Solder’s Charity, Motor Neurone Disease Association, Moorfields Eye Hospital and many more; oversaw junior writers, providing feedback and professional development.

Marketing & Communications Specialist at Carle Foundation Hospital

January 1, 2009 - October 23, 2025

Partnered with physicians, researchers, and administrators to shape compelling messaging for internal and external audiences; promoted clinical innovations, such as launch of Da Vinci surgical system for cancer care; created content highlighting research, care and patient-centered outcomes.